Comment It's all about the lawyers (Score 1) 147
Generally, the only people who profit from the class action suits are the lawyers.
Submission + - Apple refuses to carry eBook that mentions Amazon (hollylisle.com)
nam37 writes: Apple’s digital stores are known for their strict policies and painful approval processes; even the slightest error can get an author’s work barred from the company’s ecosystem. In a rather frightening story, author Holly Lisle, who is known for her online writing guides, described her recent conflict with Apple. Lisle’s latest book, “How To Think Sideways Lesson 6: How To Discover (Or Create) Your Story’s Market,” was rejected from the Cupertino-based company’s iBook store because it contained “live links” to an Amazon website. After the author removed the links, however, Apple rejected the title once more, telling her that the company wouldn’t sell her book because it mentioned an Apple competitor. As a result of Apple’s actions, Lisle has pulled all of her work from the iBooks store and no longer recommends the service.
Submission + - GSA AUCTIONS TOP-SECRET US NAVY STEALTH SHIP (blogspot.com)
nam37 writes: The US Navy's super-secret Sea Shadow stealth cruiser is actually up for sale! Launched in 1984, and probably best known as the inspiration for the seaborne lair of a lesser/lamer Bond villain, she was the love child of a cash-flush Lockheed Martin and a nearly unlimited Cold War paranoia-fueled defense budget. Drawing stealth technology and design from the F-117 stealth fighter program, she was the testbed for advanced naval technology, from sea skimming hull structures to automated control systems. (Not to mention, who knows what else...) And now for a princely pauper's bid deposit of $10,000, you too can stalk the seaboard of third world countries with complete immunity.
Comment So now what we really need... (Score 2, Funny) 227
So now what we really need is a droid who understands the binary language of moisture vaporators.
Comment Re:Autism (Score 5, Insightful) 1007
Unfortunately, if you asked "WHY???" to the soccer moms involved that's likely what you'd hear.
Submission + - Verizon tweaks privacy policy; now sharing your lo (bgr.com)
nam37 writes: Verizon Wireless began alerting its customers of changes to its official privacy policy on Friday. The carrier confirmed it will now use information for “private business and marketing reports” and “making mobile ads more relevant.” Verizon Wireless will share the URL of websites you visit, the location of your device, as well as app and device feature usage. It will also share information on data and calling features and your demographic so that it, and outside firms, can create reports and target ads more efficiently.
Comment Re:!HTML5 Powered (Score 1) 151
My thoughts exactly unless I'm missing something.
Submission + - Documentary mistakes video game for real terrorism (msn.com)
nam37 writes: A newly aired British documentary claims to have found terrorism footage linking Libya's Colonel Moammar Gadhafi and the IRA — but that footage, it turns out, is actually from a video game. The documentary, which claims Gadhafi gave the IRA enough weapons to turn a militia into an army, shows footage allegedly captured by the IRA in 1988 in which IRA militants use Gadhafi-supplied heavy machine guns to shoot down a helicopter.
Comment Torrents? (Score 1) 199
Hollywood is trying to kill Netflix as quickly as they can. Sometimes I think they would prefer us all to just use torrents.
Comment Redbox... (Score 4, Insightful) 488
Basically, this will drive people to use Redbox for disc-based movies and NetFlix for screaming.
Comment Re:I don't understand (Score 1) 505
Completely agree... I'm 37 and I've pretty much always had a watch on my wrist. And both of my kids (6 and 3) have watches that THEY asked for. Don't know, it seems like a (stupid) non-issue to me.
Submission + - Apple instructs support reps to refute malware (zdnet.com)
nam37 writes: In an internal support article leaked to ZDNet, Apple instructs its call center representatives on how to handle calls from users reporting that they have a machine infected with the “Mac Defender” malware trojan. “AppleCare does not provide support for the removal of the malware,” reads the memo. “You should not confirm or deny whether the customer’s Mac is infected or not.” Apple has yet to issue a public statement about the software’s existence or infection levels.
Submission + - Blumenthal Praises Sony's Efforts to Answer Questi (gamepolitics.com)
nam37 writes: Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT, and the man who once railed against "Beer Pong as Connecticut's Attorney General) said in a statement that Sony's response to the security breach and service disruption on PlayStation Network and Station.com "could serve as a model for other companies facing similar criminal hacking."
Submission + - LastPass May Have Been Hacked (pcworld.com)
nam37 writes: LastPass, the online multiplatform password manager, has noticed "a network traffic anomaly," possibly a hacker attack, so it is forcing its users to change their master passwords.
LastPass, which hails itself as providing "the last password you'll have to remember," is an extension that works on all browsers, smartphones and operating systems. It fills in saved logins and forms with the click of a button and syncs personal data to any computer you use.
LastPass, which hails itself as providing "the last password you'll have to remember," is an extension that works on all browsers, smartphones and operating systems. It fills in saved logins and forms with the click of a button and syncs personal data to any computer you use.
Submission + - Sony Online Entertainment Services Taken Down (gamepolitics.com)
nam37 writes: Sony Online Entertainment's various services seem to be down and a message on the official site does not give much information on the particulars. According to a short post on the site, the services were taken down after an investigation revealed a deeper "intrusion" than expected at first. This is the first we have heard that Sony's MMORPG arm had some sort of security breach. This could be part of Sony's plans to beef up security for the PlayStation Network, but this message seems to indicate that something more serious going on.
